8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

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In this documentary, Dr. Michael Parenti defines fascism, describes its characteristics, and explains the role fascism plays in serving the rational interests of capitalists while suppressing communism and other organized worker movements. Documentary on IWW and Black Workers: Part 1: https://youtu.be/gXeiGRSxRUU/ Part 2: https://youtu.be/2Ot8mDqy0Pg/ Support the GiveButter for the next Parenti Real History lecture, Myths of the Founding Fathers: https://givebutter.com/wp2UdK SUPPORT NON-COMPETE: Support us on Comradery, a cooperative alternative to Patreon: https://www.comradery.co/noncompete/ Support us on Patreon, a dirty capitalist alternative to Comradery: https://www.patreon.com/noncompete/ Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/noncompete/ LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/NonCompete/ Books: https://www.banyanhouse.org/shop/ Merch: https://www.non-compete.com/shop/ Chapters: 00:00 - Foreword 00:09 - Introduction 03:51 - Characteristics of Fascism 07:04 - Fascism has Rational Functions 13:34 - How Capitalists Supported Fascism 18:16 - Who did Fascism Support? 22:06 - Privatization and Fascism 25:49 - Conclusions About the Functions of Fascism 29:09 - Afterword by EJ 30:32 - Outro Annotations: -01:26: Ukrainian Fascists -01:30: American Nazi "Bund" -01:37: Oswald Mosley -01:58: Arrow Cross Party -02:03: Balázs László -02:08: Horia Sima -02:14: Stepan Bandera -02:23: Charles De Gaulle -02:27: British Union of Fascists -02:35: Augusto Pinochet -03:52: 1. Glorification of Leadership Cult -04:06: 2. Glorification of Nation-State -04:32: 3. Glorification of Military Conquest and Jingoism -04:31: Fritz Julius Kuhn -04:55: American Nazi "Bund" -05:00: 4. Propagation of Folk Mysticism, Xenophobia, and Racism. -05:18: Nazi Mysticism -05:56: 5. Opposition to Left-Egalitarian Class Movements, including trade unions, labor parties, and other working class organizations. -07:17: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando -07:23: Italian Red Guard -07:34: Alberto de’ Stefani -07:53: Italian Red Guard -08:11: Syndicalist Union Meeting -08:18: Benito Mussolini, 1910 -08:26: Prince Aimone -08:32: Excerpt from Encyclopedia Britannica -08:44: Italian Blackshirts -08:51: Benito Mussolini, 1919 -08:56: Giovanni Agnelli -09:02: Fascist Blackshirt Strikebreakers -09:08: Raimondo Targetti -09:22: Mussolini with Business Magnates, 1923 -09:31: Mussolini with Giacomo Acerbo -09:41: Mussolini with wealthy industrialists, 1922 -09:46: Ettore Conti with Edda Mussolini -10:14: Berlin Revolution -10:19: Brownshirt Brawlers -10:29: “the bodyguard of capitalism.” - Daniel Guerin , Fascism and Big Business -10:40: Workers’ Protest, 1930 -10:47: Günther Quandt -10:51: Hans Bahlsen -10:55: I.G. Farben board member Fritz ter Meer meets with Adolf Hitler, 1936 -10:59: Real Tariff Wage in Germany -11:03: SA Shuts Down Trade Unions, 1933. -11:13: Paul Von Hindenburg -11:23: Communist Pamphlet appealing to German Farm Workers -11:29: Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau -11:34: Fritz Thyssen -11:42: Ferdinand Porsche -11:50: Adolf Hitler with Ferdinand Porsche -11:56: Friedrich Flick -12:01: Hitler with Nazi Party members, 1930 -12:06: Hitler at Nuremburg Rally, 1933 -12:16: Fascists make big gains in Germany, 1930 -12:22: Hitler's speech at Coburg, 1935 -12:28: Fritz Reinhardt -12:36: Brownshirts campaigning, 1933 -12:52: German Federal Election Results, 1924-33 -12:59: German bank run, 1931 -13:09: Out-of-work Germans in the Weimar era -13:14: Alfred Hugenburg -13:19: Heinrich Brüning -13:36: Mussolini at Fiat -14:06: Nazi Propaganda Poster -14:15: Hitler with industrialists Walter Borbet and Albert Vögler -13:37: Hitler with industrialists including Fritz Thyssen -14:43: Emil Kirdorf -14:49: Robert Bosch -14:58: Gregor Strasser -15:30: Porsche greeting Hitler -15:49: Rudolf Diels -16:06: March Action, 1921 -16:12: Antonio Gramsci -16:25: Communists Rounded Up -16:35: The Death of Giacomo Matteotti -16:49: Reichswehr Arms Given to Hitler's Men -17:21: Brownshirts arrest communists, 1933 -17:34: Four Years of Political Murder chart -18:51: Duke of Windsor meets Hitler, 1937 -18:58: Oranienburg Concentration Camp, 1933 -19:07: Brownshirts shut down a union hall, 1933 -19:11: Ernst Thälmann -19:18: German Labor Front -19:21: Reich Labor Service -21:11: Austerity Chart -21:36: Allianz Insurance Company -22:51: Slave Labor used by German Capitalists -23:01: Peronne Brothers -24:09: Hitler with Hjalmar Schacht -24:28: Revolution of Berlin, 1919 -24:40: 50 Scorn Nazi Labor Camp

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